THEPAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST JOHN'S WELLINGTON SOMERSET

Registered charity 1159809 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ST JOHN'S PCC WELLINGTON

Regular public worship open to all. Pastoral Work, visiting sick and bereaved Provision of sacred space for personal prayer and contemplation Teaching and promotion of Christianity, including taking school assemblies. Church Mission through events, meetings and activities for senior citizens, parents, toddlers and other special needs groups. Supporting other charities in the UK and overseas.

Objects

PROMOTING IN THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH THE WHOLE MISSION OF THE CHURCH.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Religious Activities · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Somerset, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£101k
Latest spending
£92k
Registered
2015
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the church spent £40,000 of its reserves to achieve a surplus for the year. The document does not disclose the total value of free or unrestricted reserves, nor does it state a reserves policy target. Consequently, the long-term financial sustainability relative to policy cannot be determined from the provided text.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2025

  • Volunteers: 38

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2024

  • Volunteers: 34

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2023

  • Volunteers: 38

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Somerset

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£101k£92k
31/12/2024£143k£141k
31/12/2023£109k£109k
31/12/2022£144k£153k
31/12/2021£291k£270k

Common questions

Is THEPAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST JOHN'S WELLINGTON SOMERSET financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the church spent £40,000 of its reserves to achieve a surplus for the year. The document does not disclose the total value of free or unrestricted reserves, nor does it state a reserves policy target. Consequently, the long-term financial sustainability relative to policy cannot be determined from the provided text. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Somerset Community Foundation06/02/2023£2kContribution towards the overheads of a community cafe, which have risen due to the cost-of-living crisis
UK government15/10/2020£4kSt John the Baptist, Wellington

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE BASSIL SHIPPAM AND ALSFORD TRUST1£1k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST CHURCH, YEOVIL, SOMERSET.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THEPAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST JOHN'S WELLINGTON SOMERSET£101k——unclear—no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST CHURCH, YEOVIL, SOMERSET FY2025£624k——unclear—no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF WILLINGDON FY2025£116k—0above—no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF SAINT JOHN WITH SAINT JAMES, WEST EALING FY2025£397k—0above—no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST, CHAPELTOWN FY2025£155k—0above—no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST. JOHN'S, WALTON FY2025£178k—0unclear—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.